Wade Wilson is a former test subject of the Weapon X program, possessing a regenerative healing factor (like that of Wolverine), as well as an unstable compiling of other "Weapon X" experiments. Deadpool's powers and personality traits combine to make a wild, mentally unstable, and unpredictable mercenary. Deadpool is a former member of X-Force, a self-professed member of the X-Men and Avengers and has recently joined the Thunderbolts. The "Merc with a Mouth" is infamous for breaking the fourth wall.

I'm glad they're driving more into Deadpool as a character, and I wonder what life changing event he goes through at the end of the Dead Presidents arc. Guaranteed it has to do with what Doctor Strange told him at the end of the last issue. Might even play into Deadpool's funky soul business in the Cable and Deadpool series.

I'm loving the series, and look forward to this arc. It feels good to be a Deadpool fan again.